Peugeot Identification Tips
12-22-18 | 06:15 PM
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Peugeot Identification Tips
Hey friends!
As anyone who's attempted to identify a Peugeot from a wide range of time can attest, precise identification can be a real trick.
I'm still getting my feet wet with this particular craft, but wondering if anyone had general strategies that have been particularly effective for them in narrowing things down?
Personally I've appreciated the brochures posted at bikeboompeugeot.com so I can really precisely look at the year-by-year specifications and images they provide. What's been useful for you, especially when looking at examples with multiple owners that may have many elements that are not original?
Best,
HR
As anyone who's attempted to identify a Peugeot from a wide range of time can attest, precise identification can be a real trick.
I'm still getting my feet wet with this particular craft, but wondering if anyone had general strategies that have been particularly effective for them in narrowing things down?
Personally I've appreciated the brochures posted at bikeboompeugeot.com so I can really precisely look at the year-by-year specifications and images they provide. What's been useful for you, especially when looking at examples with multiple owners that may have many elements that are not original?
Best,
HR
12-23-18 | 06:40 AM
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Bikes: 72 Peugeot UO-8, 82 Peugeot TH8, 87 Bianchi Brava, 76? Masi Grand Criterium, 74 Motobecane Champion Team, 86 & 77 Gazelle champion mondial, 81? Grandis, 82? Tommasini, 83 Peugeot PF10
Pics?? Tubing or other stickers? Headbadge?
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12-23-18 | 11:12 AM
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When I try to identify an old Peugeot, I look at the lugs (or lack thereof), chrome, headbadge, brazeons, dropouts, paint, and lastly parts. Oh, and any stickers and decals can be helpful of course. The lugs will show you the basic frame material (cadre allégé for Aztec lugs, lighter steel for Nervex lugs). No lugs and stamped dropouts indicate a later bike made with Carbolite 103. No lugs and forged dropouts again suggest a higher end steel.
Headbadges are useful for determining the possible age of the bike. Chrome, brazeons, and paint can be used to distinguish between one model and another. So can the parts, although of course those are often changed over time.
Headbadges are useful for determining the possible age of the bike. Chrome, brazeons, and paint can be used to distinguish between one model and another. So can the parts, although of course those are often changed over time.
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12-23-18 | 12:53 PM
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The year is easiest to tell for my new bike—it’s got a stamped/affixed badge of a style only used in 1980.
nervex lugs, 103 decal, stamped drops, down tube levers, “course” decal on the upper tube, “Peugeot” marked rear derailleur. Made in France sticker.
ill take a look at the braze ons and include some photos later.
ill post some photos soon.
thanks for all this—glad to hear I’ve been on the right track with a bunch of things but I actually had completely overlooked both the lugs and the braze ons as good info sources.
nervex lugs, 103 decal, stamped drops, down tube levers, “course” decal on the upper tube, “Peugeot” marked rear derailleur. Made in France sticker.
ill take a look at the braze ons and include some photos later.
ill post some photos soon.
thanks for all this—glad to hear I’ve been on the right track with a bunch of things but I actually had completely overlooked both the lugs and the braze ons as good info sources.
Last edited by HillRaiser; 12-23-18 at 04:56 PM.
12-23-18 | 01:04 PM
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Sounds like a PBN 10. https://www.bikeboompeugeot.com/Broch...hure_PBN10.jpg
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12-23-18 | 07:43 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
